Early in the 20th Century the canal became derelict and the bridge
was demolished. In 1985, when the entrance lock was being excavated,
some of the stonework from the bridge was discovered at the bottom of
the lock, it was salvaged and now forms part of the cottage garden
wall on the right of the entrance lock.

The aluminium rocker bridge was an experimental design by British
Alcan to test the corroding effects of the environment on certain
alloys; it was originally installed on the Oxford
canal near Banbury. With alteration to the road system in the
1980s it became redundant. One of the restorers of this stretch of
the S.C.C., Tim Wheeldon, was working as a helicopter pilot at the
time; he spotted the redundant bridge from the air and arranged to
have it moved to its present position.